Title: Instruments for geometric drawing: a didactic proposal with theoretical foundation and geogebra simulation

Author: Leandro Amorim da Silva
Date and time of defense: December Thursdays – 4:30pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)
Asla Sá (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Soap bubbles in mathematics education: exploring logical deduction

Author: Thiago Salvador Pacheco Chagas
Date and time of defense: December 1st – 3:30pm
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (Advisor-IMPA)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Umberto Hryniewicz (UFRJ)

Title: The legend of Dido as motivation for the study of isoperimetric figures in mathematics education: exploring logical deduction

Author: Fabio Fiuza de Souza
Date and time of defense: December 1st – 1:30 pm
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (Advisor-IMPA)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Umberto Hryniewicz (UFRJ)

Title: An approach to teaching spatial geometry

Author: Lynk dos Santos Cardia
Date and time of defense: November 28 – 3:30 pm
Board: Moacyr Alvim (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Critical analysis of the 2010 to 2013 ENEM exams

Author: Leonardo Pereira Paula
Date and time of defense: November 28 – 2:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Using geometric transformations to reinvigorate the teaching of plane geometry

Author: Demetrius Melo de Souza
Date and time of defense: August 15 – 3:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Geogebra as a tool to help teach vectors in high school

Author: Alexandre Silva das Chagas
Date and time of defense: August 8 – 16:00
Board: Moacyr Alvim (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Combinatorics Revisited: An Introduction to Ramsey Theory

Author: Paulo Cesar Sampaio Junior
Date and time of defense: August 1 – 3:00 p.m.
Board: Carlos Gustavo Moreira (Advisor-IMPA)
Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (IMPA)
Luiz Amancio de Souza Junior (UNIRIO)

Title: Ramsey’s Theorem and other non-counting combinatorics results

Author: Gustavo Adolfo Martins Jotta Soares
Date and time of defense: August 1st – 2:00pm
Board: Carlos Gustavo Moreira (Advisor-IMPA)
Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (IMPA)
Luiz Amancio de Souza Junior (UNIRIO)

Title: An alternative approach to teaching combinatorial analysis in high school

Author: Rafaela Ramos Soares Gonçalves
Date and time of defense: July 31 – 2:30 pm
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Lucia Maria Villela (Univ. Severino Sombra)

Title: Combinatorial analysis experienced in mathematics – A new proposal

Author: Leandro Figueira Freitas
Date and time of defense: July 31st – 10:30am
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Lucia Maria Villela (Univ. Severino Sombra)

Title: First degree equations: A lesson proposal based on textbook analysis

Authors: Alexandre de Azevedo Silva
Gabriella Marques Pereira da Costa
Date and time of defense: April Tuesdays – 1:30pm
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Angela Cássia Biazutti (UFRJ)

Title: Financial mathematics – A citizenship-oriented approach

Author: Cristiano Marcell Isquierdo de Amorim
Date and time of defense: April 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Financial mathematics: textbook analysis

Author: Aimoré Aragão de Oliveira
Date and time of defense: April 2 – 2:00 p.m.
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Contextualized questions in math tests

Authors: Carlos Homero Gonçalves Carrocino
Marco Antonio Ferreira Agostinho
Date and time of defense: April Mondays – 13:00
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Item response theory in large-scale assessment: A study on the national entrance exam of the Professional Master’s Degree in Mathematics in the National Network – PROFMAT

Authors: Claudio Mendes Tavares
Deivison de Albuquerque da Cunha
Leonardo da Silva Gomes
VanderLage Martins
Date and time of defense: April 1st – 2:00pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (IMPA)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Divisibility criteria in basic education

Author: Rinaldo Diniz Costa
Date and time of defense: April 1st – 10:30am
Board: Carlos Gustavo Moreira (Advisor-IMPA)
Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (IMPA)
Moacyr Alvim (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Fighting statistical illiteracy

Authors: Carlos Vinícius Andrade da Costa
Daniel da Conceição Santos
Date and time of defense: March 31 – 3:30 pm
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Ralph Costa Teixeira (UFF)
Gaya Marinho De Oliveira (UFRJ)

Title: Using GeoGebra to build instruments

Authors: Esther Zilkha
Jean Carlo da Silva Cordeiro
Patricia Mello Bittencourt
Sergio Antoun Serrano
Date and time of defense: March 24 – 14:30
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Asla Medeiros e Sá (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Calculus in high school: Real numbers

Author: Orlando da Silva Junior
Date and time of defense: March 20 – 10:30 a.m.
Board: Marcelo Viana (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Letícia Rangel (UFRJ)

Title: Iterative methods for solving equations

Author: William Canellas Batista
Date and time of defense: March 20 – 09:00
Board: Marcelo Viana (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Victor Augusto Giraldo (UFRJ)

Title: Evaluation of different technologies applied to the teaching of geometry

Authors: Rafael Nogueira Luz
Julio Silva de Pontes
Date and time of defense: March 19 – 3:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Production and revision of multiple choice items

Author: Helio Furtado Costa
Date and time of defense: March 19 – 2:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (IMPA/FGV)

Title: The study of symmetry through the art of Mauritz Cornelis Escher

Author: Cláudia Maria Fiúza Alves
Date and time of defense: March 17 – 3:30 pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Asla Medeiros e Sá (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Vectors in elementary school: A didactic sequence for 9th grade

Author: Magda Braga Chaves Lemos
Date and time of defense: March 17 – 2:30 pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Asla Medeiros e Sá (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Problem solving in the teaching of affine functions

Author: Ricardo Santos de Azevedo
Date and time of defense: February 26 – 3:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Applications of complex numbers in geometry

Author: Robson Coelho Neves
Date and time of defense: February 26 – 2:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: Applications of logarithms in healthcare

Author: Marcelo Albuquerque Lemgruber Kropf
Date and time of defense: February 19 – 2:30 pm
Board: Elon Lages Lima (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (IMPA/FGV)

Title: Studying logarithmic functions in high school

Author: Romulo Mussel
Date and time of defense: February 12 – 2:30 pm
Board: Elon Lages Lima (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA/FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (IMPA/FGV)